My personal expertise is volunteering. I know volunteering might not be considered a specific activity that people can be "experts" in, but it is one of the only things that I have done that qualifies being above average in my life. In school and sports I was an average student and an average player, but when it came to volunteering, I completed many more hours than the average student.
Starting from a young age my parents tried to instill the importance of helping others in me. They always had my brothers and I do events to help out other people in the community. I have always loved helping people when they need it. My favorite volunteer activity was working two summers at Camp Sunshine, a camp for the homeless kids in my town. I was not making any money but I still got up everyday excited to help the kids and get to work. If it was possible I would have volunteered there my entire life. I did not mind not getting paid for the hard work I was doing because helping the kids was worth more than money. In addition to volunteering at Camp Sunshine for two years, I had many other volunteer activities such as the Walk for Hospice, Boston Marathon, working in a soup kitchen, raising money for the jolly jaunt, being a councilor at Lets Play Sports, and so on. Out of all these activities Camp Sunshine was the most influential.
Volunteering at Camp Sunshine is one of the main reasons that I picked my major as Human Development Family Studies. I want to continue to help kids my entire life either through social work or teaching. Both of these career fields will allow me to positively impact someones life. Although I will not be volunteering in these jobs, I will be helping people and that is the main idea behind volunteering.
I will always keep the value of helping others close to my heart. Through my lifestyle choices, career, and attitude towards others, helping people will always be a priority to me. The qualities and life lessons I have obtained through volunteering will stay with me a life time.
Starting from a young age my parents tried to instill the importance of helping others in me. They always had my brothers and I do events to help out other people in the community. I have always loved helping people when they need it. My favorite volunteer activity was working two summers at Camp Sunshine, a camp for the homeless kids in my town. I was not making any money but I still got up everyday excited to help the kids and get to work. If it was possible I would have volunteered there my entire life. I did not mind not getting paid for the hard work I was doing because helping the kids was worth more than money. In addition to volunteering at Camp Sunshine for two years, I had many other volunteer activities such as the Walk for Hospice, Boston Marathon, working in a soup kitchen, raising money for the jolly jaunt, being a councilor at Lets Play Sports, and so on. Out of all these activities Camp Sunshine was the most influential.
Volunteering at Camp Sunshine is one of the main reasons that I picked my major as Human Development Family Studies. I want to continue to help kids my entire life either through social work or teaching. Both of these career fields will allow me to positively impact someones life. Although I will not be volunteering in these jobs, I will be helping people and that is the main idea behind volunteering.
I will always keep the value of helping others close to my heart. Through my lifestyle choices, career, and attitude towards others, helping people will always be a priority to me. The qualities and life lessons I have obtained through volunteering will stay with me a life time.